Two central Georgia police officers were shot and wounded early Monday while serving a search warrant in Crawford County, an investigator said.
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricketson said a multi-jurisdiction drug task force went around 2:30 a.m. Monday to a home on state Highway 42. Byron officers knocked on the door and announced themselves, but no one answered.
“They knocked on the back door and announced their presence and that they were performing a search warrant,” Ricketson said.
“No one responded so they gained entry by going through the back door. As the officers were entering inside the residence an occupant inside the residence fired at least one round. It may be more,” he said.
The officers returned fire, and the suspect was killed, he said.
“These officers returned fire after they were fired upon. I don’t know how many rounds they fired. We will be determining that,” he said. “One subject was struck and he is actually deceased.”
The two officers, who both work at the Byron police department, were taken to a hospital in Macon, he said. One was treated and released and the other was in surgery Monday morning, Ricketson said. He described the injuries as “serious but not life threatening.”
